nepia
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I have a Honda HP500H base unit but no bed/cargo carrier for it; the Honda one is undoubtedly an eyewatering price although handy as it both tilts and has variable width. I am led to believe that there is an outfit somewhere that manufactures such attachments; my source couldn't remember anything about the company other than it exists/did exist. Does this ring bells with anyone? Thanks, Jon
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How to trim/reduce height of my Melaleuca trees
nepia replied to Treeahoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Treeahoy; it looks to me like your options are to either bite the bullet and have the trees cut hard - I'd imagine they'll take it OK though they won't look pretty after re-growing - or to remove them and start again with something smaller. The fact that they're a problem to the solar panels sounds like bad planning on someone's part; the trees were always going to grow! Which do you prefer - the trees or the panels? I think things are that simple. -
How to trim/reduce height of my Melaleuca trees
nepia replied to Treeahoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Or 21st Century. Welcome ? -
I'm not sure what you're going to cut with a reciprocating saw without a lot more digging. The classic digging/hacking/cutting tool is a grubbing mattock. It would work on its own but would be easier in tandem with a crowbar for levering the rootball about.
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How to trim/reduce height of my Melaleuca trees
nepia replied to Treeahoy's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Melaleuca - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG -
One of the saddest theme tunes ever - pure wistful nostalgia in musical notes. When The Boat Comes In?...
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No, nothing like the extreme heat but it was mid-20s for weeks on end wasn't it?
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Er - no... the weather had been warm/hot and bone dry for 5 months; we rejoiced when it finally did rain.
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We danced in the first rain since April.
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That's what I'd been thinking this afternoon: I saw storms around us yesterday but not a cough at home. Until mid-afternoon today, then the heavens opened for an hour. It brought back memories of September 1976! AJS you won't remember that but fear not - you'll get rain. Or the usual mist up on Crowborough Beacon!
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Not good at all. The way I read it the driver stopped for a landslide and had to back up. In the time since moving forward over that stretch of track there's been another slip behind the train; that was the one that the train hit.
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...which would probably explain the lack of fruit in the OP's case. Learning all the time ?
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Not something I've ever encountered so I cheated... WWW.RHS.ORG.UK The fact that there have been no fruit for a while is of concern: I'd suggest a low nitrogen feed at the time of pruning.
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A Police dog handler friend recently had a bad crash (on duty) involving him going airborne at 50+ mph; last thing he remembers before landing is his rear nearside wheel passing him. He had a couple of weeks off work, the unrestrained 35kg GSD in the dog box was absolutely fine.
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Lovely work Graham. Didn't realise Becher's Brook was that wide!
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Dexterous use of English!
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Ha! Hoisted by my own petard! You can buy the stuff anywhere - Amazon, Holland & Barrett...? But I was right to be cautious as it's not suitable for me personally.
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I'm very happy that boron's worked for you but I've read the document and there was at least one claim in it that flew in the face of my fairly good knowledge of that topic; I won't say which in order to preserve my own medical privacy. Also I note that www.health-science-spirit.com is 'currently suspended'. That could mean something or nothing but I will not be rushing out to buy borax for myself; I think folk need to do more investigation first.
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Yeah I get that eggs; that's why it happens sadly. However it ruins the land through overstocking, compaction, bugger all weed management and it takes potentially good land out of production, reducing the opportunity for conservation land etc. Am I being Genghis Khan enough about hobby horses?! I know some owners and they're lovely people mostly ? No double standards there...
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Now that's a useful suggestion that I'd never thought of through ignorance. There are a couple of large estates nearby so thanks for that. There's not as much farming as there should be in the area due to bloody horses but that's another topic that gets my ears steaming ?
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Have you been watching those Youtube vids too? ?
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The place I used to tip my hedge clippings at were on 'final warning' as they put it from the Fire Brigade a few years ago as their chip pile kept breaking out in small fires. The only practical way to deal with it was to scoop out the burning section while hosing it down. I guess the biomass market wasn't as buoyant then as now so the stuff sat around longer.
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Spent a family holiday there when I was a kid; I know how far that is ?
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Unfortunately a lorry load would be way beyond my capacity. Thanks for the suggestion.
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So; my suspicion that IBC cages aren't readily available in the south east seems to be fulfilled. Maybe I'll cruise some light industrial estates ? and ask around there. Thanks to those who PM'd me offers; appreciate the trouble and it looks likely that one of you may be able to help. You're not in the south east but you pass this way sometimes so that's hopeful. I'll keep looking locally. Jon
